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Noun: fin whale  fin weyl
  1. Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
    "The fin whale's distinctive dorsal fin was visible as it surfaced";
    - finback, finback whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus

Derived forms: fin whales

Type of: razorback, rorqual

Part of: Balaenoptera, genus Balaenoptera

Encyclopedia: Fin whale